This year I flew back home to my parents house up in good ol' East Granby, CT. I flew up on Thursday, the day before Christmas Eve. Got to the house and was practically pounced on by our dog Xandra who was extremely happy to see me. Went to Christmas Eve service at Old St. Andrews, which was really peaceful. I hadn't been to church in about two years.. so it was good to be back. Last year I ended up missing service because of being delayed in Ohio because of a toilet...
Christmas morning rolled around with lots of awesome gifts. I didn't get a large haul, but the stuff I did get is amazing and I'm very thankful. The first major thing that I got for Christmas is a Toshiba Camileo video camera! It's pocket sized and it's awesome. I'm so excited! So chances are you'll be seeing more videos from me soon :)
Next up I got a few rings from my Nana which have been in the family for a while. She's not sure for how long, but she found them one day and thought I'd like them. It pretty much brought me to tears. Up next I got year 4 of the Harry Potter blu-ray editions. Sadly, Years 3 and 4 aren't the extended versions like years 1 and 2 were which is a huge huge disappointment, but whatever. Also got a $50 gift card to Amazon from my best friend, Ellen, checks, and other odds and from the stocking. The stocking pictured below was my original stocking from when I was younger that my mother gave me to bring home. (which I think I forgot back at the house now that I think about it...as well as the amazon gift card... oops)
Here's a pic of my loot:
That day, I spoke to Dad about changing my flight so I could stay an extra day. So I got the number, called them up and with in a short amount of time was able to get somebody, which I was impressed about since it was Christmas day. Because my ticket was a rewards ticket, I was able to get my ticket changed free of charge for the next day. Good thing I did that when I did, because Sunday night we got slammed with a blizzard and my original flight for Monday ended up cancelled! If I hadn't done it sooner, I would of been fighting with people to get onto another flight home and probably would of ended up here longer.
Sunday Craig, Dad and I went to Stratton up in VT.
Craig and I
Please excuse the blurry shot. There was a smudge on the camera lense.
Surprisingly I did fairly well since I hadn't gone skiing in the past 2-3 years. It felt really good to get back onto the slops again, even though it was wicked cold!! Needless to say, the next day I really felt it and just couldn't move around at all. Stairs were my enemy.
Monday I went and hung out with my good friend Dan, whom I've known for about 24 years. After that did a few errands then went out to dinner with Ellen and her father. Yadda yadda, came home, slept, woke up, packed and here I am now, at the airport, waiting to for my flight to Chicago then transfer to Orlando.
Though to back peddle a little bit. Security was interesting. They have those x ray scanners at every check point now from the looks of it, and they wanted me to go through, something I wasn't comfortable with. So I told them I wasn't comfortable with the device and opted for a patdown instead, which wasn't bad. Lesser of two evils I say. It went fairly quick.
So, now I wait for my plane... *shiver*
Hope ya'll had a wonderful Christmas! What did ya'll get from Santa?
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